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No capital outflow, ‘invest at home’

No capital outflow, ‘invest at home’

FE Report 2018-09-09 10:42:41

The issue of inequality has an international dimension as the net capital flows from South to North, with the US being the largest borrower, a leading Malaysian economist has said. The world's large...

DMP chief for creating awareness to bring traffic discipline

DMP chief for creating awareness to bring traffic discipline

-- 2018-09-08 21:09:06

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday said it is a must to create awareness among the people to obey traffic rule alongside development of infrastructure. He sai...

Jamburi Park opens to public in Chattogram

Jamburi Park opens to public in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-08 21:08:22

Jamburi Park, a recreational park covering around 8.55 acres of land at Agrabad area in Chattogram, opened to the public from Saturday. Public Works minister Mosharrof Hossain inaugurated the park on...

Bangladesh, Estonia to hold bilateral talks Sunday

Bangladesh, Estonia to hold bilateral talks Sunday

-- 2018-09-08 20:19:47

Bangladesh and Estonia will hold a bilateral meeting in Dhaka on Sunday to find ways to explore areas of cooperation between the two countries. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Estonian counte...

Seven BD workers seriously injured after being hit by car in Kuala Lumpur

Seven BD workers seriously injured after being hit by car in Kuala Lumpur

-- 2018-09-08 19:46:25

At least seven Bangladeshi workers were seriously injured after being hit by a speeding car while they were queuing to board a bus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday. The identities of the injured...

Fire guts Moulvibazar market

Fire guts Moulvibazar market

-- 2018-09-08 19:37:16

A numbers of establishments, including factories and shops, were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market in Sherpur Afrozganj area of Moulvibazar on Saturday afternoon. The fire ensued from an el...

Nutrition, renewables in focus

Nutrition, renewables in focus

-- 2018-09-08 19:28:56

Visiting international economist Prof Jomo Kwame Sundaram on Saturday suggested that Bangladesh needs to address its malnutrition problem and ensure access to electricity through producing renewable e...

Customs seizes 160kg marijuana shipment

Customs seizes 160kg marijuana shipment

-- 2018-09-08 19:21:06

Customs officials have seized 160kg of cannabis found in several cartons brought to Bangladesh. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime defines the synthetic cannabinoid strain, popularly known as Ethiopian...

Coal extraction resumes at Barapukuria after three months

Coal extraction resumes at Barapukuria after three months

-- 2018-09-08 18:51:11

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur has started coal extraction after three months. Fazlur Rahman, managing director of the company, said that five hundred tonnes of coa...

DMP files 4,102 cases over traffic rule violation

DMP files 4,102 cases over traffic rule violation

-- 2018-09-08 18:13:12

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Friday filed 4,102 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. It...

22nd session of JS to begin Sunday

22nd session of JS to begin Sunday

-- 2018-09-08 18:09:53

The 22nd session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5:00pm tomorrow (Sunday) after a 58-day recess. President M Abdul Hamid on August 19 convened the session exercising his power bestowed...

Chattogram clash leaves youth dead

Chattogram clash leaves youth dead

-- 2018-09-08 18:01:41

A young man, who was injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy at Paschim Khulshi in the port city on Friday night, died at a hospital in Chattogram on Saturday. The deceased...

17 girls escape from Gazipur detention centre

17 girls escape from Gazipur detention centre

-- 2018-09-08 17:37:01

Seventeen girls arrested on various charges have escaped a juvenile detention centre in Gazipur after breaking a window open. Police have managed to detain 12 of the escapees. The escapees fled the &...

'BNP ready to make any sacrifice for greater unity'

'BNP ready to make any sacrifice for greater unity'

-- 2018-09-08 17:11:02

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party is ready to make any sacrifice to forge a greater unity soon with other political parties to 'restore' democracy. "We need to ke...

Quader warns AL leaders of stern action against internal unrest

Quader warns AL leaders of stern action against internal unrest

-- 2018-09-08 17:00:06

The Awami League will not tolerate any ‘unrest’ before the upcoming general election and will take action against any activists or leaders of the party if they engage in instigate it, said...

Shop employee burnt to death in Ctg

Shop employee burnt to death in Ctg

-- 2018-09-08 15:00:17

A shop employee was burned to death as a fire broke out in an area under Bayezid thana area in Chattogram city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Sohel, reports Reuters. Kamal Uddi...

Common people now getting benefits of development: PM 

Common people now getting benefits of development: PM 

-- 2018-09-08 14:46:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the common people are now getting the benefits of her government's development programmes as it has been able to lower the inflation rate with sustainable...

BGB seizes 0.9m Yaba in Cox’s Bazar 

BGB seizes 0.9m Yaba in Cox’s Bazar 

-- 2018-09-08 13:51:00

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in separate drives seized 0.90 million Yaba tablets from different areas in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. A team of BGB conducted a drive...

Lower signal for maritime ports: Met office

Lower signal for maritime ports: Met office

-- 2018-09-08 13:45:39

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower signal as the well-marked low over north Chattishghar of India and adjoining area moved Northwestward. Now it...

Customs seize 429 cartons cigarettes at HSIA

Customs seize 429 cartons cigarettes at HSIA

-- 2018-09-08 13:40:25

Customs intelligence officials in a drive seized 420 cartons of foreign cigarettes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday. Tipped off, a team of customs intelligence conducted...

Land dispute leaves two dead in Cumilla

Land dispute leaves two dead in Cumilla

-- 2018-09-08 13:35:04

At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in a clash over land related dispute at Shidlai village in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday morning. The deceased were ident...

Rival stabs Jubo League man in Jashore

Rival stabs Jubo League man in Jashore

-- 2018-09-08 13:26:09

A Jubo League activist was stabbed by his rival at Purbobarandi Mathpara area in Jashore district town on Friday night. The injured was Abu Taleb, 32, son of Ramiz Uddin and an activist of distric...

AL starts electioneering tour in north

AL starts electioneering tour in north

-- 2018-09-08 12:08:17

An Awami League delegation left Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka city for Nilphamari district by train on Saturday morning, aiming to carry out electioneering in northern districts. The delegation,...

RAB nabs one with counterfeit currencies

RAB nabs one with counterfeit currencies

-- 2018-09-08 10:48:37

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested a man along with huge counterfeit Indian and Bangladeshi currency notes from his residence at Tikarampur area in Chapainawabganj municipality. T...

Police recover youth’s body in Natore

Police recover youth’s body in Natore

-- 2018-09-08 10:38:40

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Chalan Beel at Ruhai village in Gurudashpur upazila of Natore on Friday night. Anwarul Islam, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Gurudash...

Runner Automobiles' IPO bidding to begin Monday

Runner Automobiles' IPO bidding to begin Monday

FE Report 2018-09-08 10:17:59

The bidding for discovering cut-off price for Runner Automobiles IPO shares under the book-building method will begin on Monday (September 10). The bidding by the eligible institutional investors thr...

MIDAS looks to be in front line of BD business development services

MIDAS looks to be in front line of BD business development services

FE Report 2018-09-08 10:16:09

Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) aims to be the frontline business development service provider in Bangladesh, says its Managing Director Dr ASM Mashi-ur-Rahman. Its mis...

Weekly analysis: Stocks break five-week winning streak

Weekly analysis: Stocks break five-week winning streak

Babul Barman 2018-09-08 10:14:15

Stocks witnessed marginal correction last week, snapping a five-week winning streak, as risk-averse investors opted to book profit on sector specific stocks. Market insiders said stocks fell margin...

DCCI starts preparing concept paper

DCCI starts preparing concept paper

Talha Bin Habib 2018-09-08 10:10:00

A leading trade body of the country has stepped up its efforts to grab a big share of the global halal products market. Keeping this in view, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) started p...

Labour law draft 'leaves out workers' right issues

Labour law draft 'leaves out workers' right issues

FE Report 2018-09-08 10:07:50

Expressing concerns a rights organisation has alleged that the government approved on principle the draft amendment to the labour law without taking the workers' rights into consideration properly....